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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car did Anvar's family have?

2. How old was Anvar when she killed Mikey?

3. What nationality were Taleb Mansoor's parents?

4. What do Anvar and Zuha want to major in in college?

5. How old is Safwa when she fakes a fever, stays home from school, and watches Full House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Safwa decide that she will ask Qais to take her and Abu to America?

2. Why does Zuha break up with Anvar?

3. Why does Safwa not make an effort to belong with the people she is living with?

4. On the sixth anniversary of 9/11, what happens to Bariah at a grocery store?

5. What has Safwa been taught about names, and what does she consider when she chooses a new name?

6. Where does Abu take Safwa when he comes to get her in Basra?

7. What convulted scheme does Anvar come up with so he can go to prom with Zuha?

8. Why does Anvar transfer to Boston University?

9. Why does Anvar decide there is a God?

10. What does Shabana, president of the Muslim Students Association, want Anvar to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Both Qais and Abu mistreat Azza. How are women treated in Pakistani culture? How do Qai and Abu treat Azza? How is their treatment of her misogyny?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why are idioms especially difficult for Anna to understand?

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